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1, LEVI PREFACES
PLAY BY LECTURE
ersons to See ",L'Avar," to Ap-
preciate Moliere's Humor-A
Few Tickets Are Left.
Pruo. lsriuc Lei, fed of theFeench
epiunat, swill deier a lecture this
fternsoonsact 4 o'cok in Tappan Hall
cuecroomss, oi "LAsare," te play to
eapesentecd by 'the Cerce Damatique
'nais tomuorrowsevens'inig. The lee--
c, swhihs is o le gienint English, is
'cc to sll seho smay desire o attend
Ilii treatissg this sbject Prof Levi will
ay- particular atentiona to giving ai
salysis of te titua, its characters, plot,
such the cestral idea of avarice At the
ne ivhensMliere urotcuuL'Avare"i the
shjedt of avarice ivas msuct discussed
ry the gesneral public ad such writers
is oileausausd Lu Fontaine.
"LAs-are," "haute comedie," is one of
oire's foure famous masterpieces, the
oher threce beitg "Tutuffe," "Le Mis-
ssnctscp," candsi"Iss Fms'iaSavantes,"
ubhincustuesntesd itsprl at the ee-
-e's soirted'its Deccmber'. Moliere epe-
ents as pecutliuar ssvrce its the leading
carace, tarpagon, whlo s a miser
mouves is fashiotablue society 1-Harpa-'
osn's fallisng so loc.sdeepesa all the
morec tic traits of Iis aarice and ads
tileest to the pay.
Moiliere' haduto pintsu a vits's as hateful
Iin recaliaas it sisutageecabl iin cig
ictured ontheucstage, andsie asusceeed
inits hus ~ths,swhilcesltseitag may
s-eescwiull thecaidh of fustnty characters
andus risicculsuus inaisetts Moliere knew
well frost his osn expeiitnce s an
actocr stdash prcodciuern of plays sial in
coedusy laughter insst prevail, that the
hight side of tinuugs assst always ap-
pcar, usc master hiwsrsntgy the sadder
aisevts of life sasy urge their claims
uposn the uctuhor.n 'rue o this concep-
tios, he raised 'every scete that might
othrwseschavc fitted isto a tragedy with
te gay regions of ith and laughter
Fresnchaonempoaneos socety fur-
uishecu theucomsic pot with splndid op-
-portsuniies fr te display of his humor
sash thelexcicse, of kens observation
'The recsult is that Moliere's comedies
presentutois uscliong procession of the
variedh1typscut the mcii of the "grand
steled" At thec same time it is to his
great smerit tsve is-csepicted bols unive-
sat ans iitu ualhu traits its so skilful a
smannier s Etonmake hisi'sthe comic seriter
parn exccllence ot only of France and
Utrese',venteenthscntry, but of all ages
andsu of all natonss
"'Avune" is frequently produced at
thur Comedic rncise in Paris, Itwas
first payedh in 168 at the Palais Royal,
Molire hinmslf taking the leading role
s Harpugos. During the last years of
Moliere's life it was performed forty-
sevec tis.a TIhe play has proved so
popular that it has been translated into
m any lasnguages and often imitated
Several English dranmatists have o--
rowed fronm "I'Avssn"
Many of the vlasses in the French
departmaent have read "LAvare" Ths
fuel should cause much interest to be
nanifested in the play and the lecture
which is given s preliminary to it
Ticket, for the play will bec on sale
today rons 4 to 6 o'clock and tomorrow
afternoots at Wuhr's book store Within
the past fewc clays there has been a gool
sale of tkts, ut because of the ex--
celletnt seatinga rrangetment of the Ma-
jestic theter, good seats are still re-
naining.